Vehicle display system

ABSTRACT

The present invention discloses a monitor, comprising a housing, a screen, a button zone and some circuits inside the housing. Side and rear portions of the screen are wrapped by the housing, and its front portion is exposed outside to display images. The button zone includes a plurality of functional buttons that assist users to input instructions and select functions. The housing is treated with gloss finish so that it has a lustrous appearance and looks shiny.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No.61/547,143, filed Oct. 14, 2011.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The invention relates to monitors.

2. Description of the Related Art

Monitor as an information display device is popularly used in our dailylives. The most common usage of monitor was for television. Now, manyother output devices are used to display information, such as computerdisplay, observing device of automatic control equipment, and others.

A typical monitor consists of electronics circuits, a screen, and ahousing. The electronics circuits receive and process signals, and sendthem to the screen. The screen displays images based on the signalsreceived from the electronics circuits. The housing encloses theelectronics circuit and a part of the screen for protecting them fromenvironmental effects such as water, sunshine, dust, etc., whileexposing a display surface of the screen to exterior.

The screen is made of glass or other transparent materials which couldtransmit light out, and the housing is almost always made of plastic.The reflectivity of the screen and the housing is different from eachother, which makes the appearance of the monitor look disharmony anduncomfortable especial in bright environment.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

One object of the present invention is to provide a monitor with shinyhousing. Another object of the present invention is to provide aseatback monitor with wide visual angle and better visual effect.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a monitor with a3D panel. The present invention may be fully understood from thedescription of preferred embodiments of the invention set forth below,together with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows the perspective view of the monitor of the first technicalsolution;

FIG. 2 shows the first embodiment of the first technical solution;

FIG. 3 shows the second embodiment of the first technical solution;

FIG. 4 shows the first embodiment of the second technical solution;

FIG. 5 shows the second embodiment of the second technical solution;

FIG. 6 shows the third embodiment of the second technical solution;

FIG. 7 shows the fourth embodiment of the second technical solution;

FIG. 8 shows the monitor with 3D panel of the third technical solution.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring to the drawings, preferred embodiments of the presentinvention are described below.

The present invention provides a monitor with a shiny housing.

In FIG. 1, a monitor 100 according to an embodiment includes a housing120, a screen 130, a button zone 140, and circuits (not shown) insidethe housing 120. Side and rear portions of the screen 130 are wrapped bythe housing 120, and its front portion is exposed outside to displayimages. The button zone 140 includes a plurality of functional buttonsthat assist users to input instructions and select functions. In oneembodiment, the button zone 140 located at the bottom of the frontsurface of the housing 120 and the buttons are fixed in the housing 120.Alternatively, the button zone 140 could be set in any other parts ofthe housing 120, and the buttons may not be there when the screen 130 isa touch panel.

The screen 130 is made of glass, while in other embodiments it may bemade of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or other transparent materials.The screen 130 has good optical character and looks lustrous and shiny.

Referring to Part A of FIG. 1, the housing 120 has a lustrous appearanceand looks shiny. The housing 120 is treated with gloss finish, there aretwo ways to apply gloss finish on the surface of the housing 120. Thegloss finish may be anywhere on the visible part of the housing 120.

Embodiment 1

Please refer to FIG. 2, which illustrates the first way to apply glossfinish, it is usually applied for mass production, wherein a mold (notshown) is prepared; firstly polish the mold with gloss finish until thebrightness level reaches 12000#, then inject high gloss resin in themold. In this embodiment, the material of the gloss finish is similarwith the material of the high gloss resin, therefore the shiny housing120 is formed.

Embodiment 2

Please refer to FIG. 3, which illustrates the second way of applyinggloss finish. It is usually applied on mock-up samples; in thisembodiment, the housing 120 comprises a coating 121 and a surface 122,wherein said coating 121 is wholly applied on said surface 122 bypainting or other manners, the thickness of said coating 121 ranges from0 to 0.1 mm therefore the housing 120 with lustrous appearance isformed.

The present invention further provides a seatback monitor with a widevisual angle.

Embodiment 1

In FIG. 4, a monitor 210 is installed on a seatback 410, a fixing seat212 is set on the bottom side 211 of the monitor 210, so the bottom side211 is fixed on the seatback 410 through said fixing seat 212 and actsas the rotating axis of the monitor 210, so the top side 213 of themonitor 210 could rotate around the bottom side 211, such that the usercould freely adjust the visual angel by rotating the monitor 210.

Embodiment 2

In FIG. 5, a monitor 220 is installed on a seatback 420, the seatback420 has a containing groove 421 on its lower portion, the shape of saidcontaining groove 421 is adapted to the monitor 220, a protruding strip422 is integrated on the top of the containing groove 421, the bottom ofthe monitor 220 is connected with the protruding strip 422 so that themonitor 220 could rotate around the protruding strip 422, therefore theuser could selectively open the monitor 220 with different rotatingangle or close it ending in the containing groove 421.

Embodiment 3

Alternatively, the rotating direction could also be perpendicular to therotating direction of FIG. 5, please refer to FIG. 6, the left edge ofthe monitor 220 could act as the rotating axis of the monitor 220, sothe monitor 220 could be opened or closed by the same principle of FIG.5.

Embodiment 4

Please refer to FIG. 7, a monitor 230 is installed on a seatback 430,the seatback 430 has a containing groove 431 on its upper portion, theshape of said containing groove 431 is adapted to the monitor 230, sothe monitor 230 could slide along the containing groove 431 horizontallyor ending in said containing groove 431; and the user could adjust thevisual angle by horizontally sliding the monitor 230. Alternatively, themonitor 230 could be designed to slide along the containing groove 431vertically; the visual angle could be adjusted according to the sameprinciple.

Alternatively, the monitor 210, 220 and 230 could stand on table or canbe installed on wall.

In FIG. 8, the present invention further provides a monitor 300 with a3D panel 310, said monitor 300 is set on a seatback 500, and theseatback 500 has a containing groove 510 which is adapted to the monitor300. A protruding strip 520 is formed on the top of the containinggroove 510 and acts as the rotating axis of the monitor 300, the bottomof the monitor 300 is connected with the protruding strip 520, thereforethe principle of opening and closing the monitor 300 is the same as FIG.5; the monitor 300 has a 3D panel 310, such that the user could enjoy 3Dvisual effects with a pair of 3D glasses 600.

Concluding from the above description, since the housing of the presentinvention is treated with gloss finish, so the appearance of the monitorwill look harmonious and comfortable in bright environment, such amonitor with pleasant appearance will gain great popularity from theconsumers.

While the foregoing written description of the invention enables one ofordinary skill to make and use what is considered presently to be thebest mode thereof, those of ordinary skill will understand andappreciate the existence of variations, combinations, and equivalents ofthe specific embodiment, method, and examples herein. The inventionshould therefore not be limited by the above described embodiment,method, and examples, but by all embodiments and methods within thescope and spirit of the invention.

I claim:
 1. A vehicle display system comprising: a monitor device; a vehicle seatback; wherein the monitor device is installed in the vehicle seatback; wherein the vehicle seatback comprises a containing groove on its upper portion and the shape of the containing groove is adapted to the monitor device such that the monitor device could slide along the containing groove horizontally or vertically and wherein the monitor device is adjustable for changing the visual angle.
 2. The vehicle display system of claim 1 wherein the monitor device further comprising: a housing, a screen, a button zone, and a plurality of circuits inside the housing; wherein side and rear portions of the screen are wrapped by the housing; wherein the front portion of the monitor device is exposed outside; and the button zone includes a plurality of functional buttons that assist users to input instructions and select functions; wherein the housing is treated with a gloss finish.
 3. The monitor device of claim 2 wherein the button zone located at the bottom of the front surface of the housing and the buttons are fixed in the housing.
 4. The monitor device of claim 2 wherein the button zone located in any other part of the housing.
 5. The monitor device of claim 2 wherein the buttons are omitted when the screen has a touch panel functionality.
 6. The monitor device of claim 2 wherein the gloss finish may be anywhere on the visible part of the housing.
 7. The monitor device of claim 2 wherein the screen material is selected from a group consisting of glass, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and any other transparent material.
 8. A vehicle display system comprising: a monitor device; a vehicle headrest; wherein the monitor device is installed in the vehicle headrest; wherein the vehicle headrest comprises a containing groove on its upper portion and the shape of the containing groove is adapted to the monitor device so the monitor device could slide along the containing groove horizontally or vertically and wherein the monitor device is adjustable for changing the visual angle.
 9. The vehicle display system of claim 8 wherein the monitor device further comprising: a housing, a screen, a button zone, and a plurality of circuits inside the housing; wherein side and rear portions of the screen are wrapped by the housing; wherein the front portion of the monitor device is exposed outside; and the button zone includes a plurality of functional buttons that assist users to input instructions and select functions; wherein the housing is treated with a gloss finish.
 10. The monitor device of claim 9 wherein the button zone located at the bottom of the front surface of the housing and the buttons are fixed in the housing.
 11. The monitor device of claim 9 wherein the button zone located in any other part of the housing.
 12. The monitor device of claim 9 wherein the buttons are omitted when the screen has a touch panel functionality.
 13. The monitor device of claim 9 wherein the gloss finish may be anywhere on the visible part of the housing.
 14. The monitor device of claim 9 wherein the screen material is selected from a group consisting of glass, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and any other transparent material.
 15. The monitor device of claim 2 or 9 wherein a fixing seat is set on the bottom side of the monitor device so the bottom side is fixed on the vehicle seatback or headrest through said fixing seat and acts as the rotating axis of the monitor device, so the top side of the monitor device could rotate around the bottom side such that the user could freely adjust the visual angle by rotating the monitor device.
 16. The monitor device of claim 2 or 9 wherein the monitor device is installed on the vehicle seatback or the vehicle headrest wherein the vehicle seatback or the vehicle headrest comprises a containing groove on its lower portion, the shape of the containing groove is adapted to the monitor device, a protruding strip is integrated on the top of the containing groove, the bottom of the monitor device is connected with the protruding strip so that the monitor device could rotate around the protruding strip, therefore the user could selectively open the monitor device with different rotating angle or close it ending in the containing groove.
 17. A monitor device comprising: a housing, a screen, a button zone, and a plurality of circuits inside the housing; wherein side and rear portions of the screen are wrapped by the housing; wherein the front portion of the monitor device is exposed outside; and the button zone includes a plurality of functional buttons that assist users to input instructions and select functions; wherein the housing is treated with a gloss finish.
 18. The monitor device of claim 2 or 9 or 17 further comprising a 3D panel and the monitor device is set on the vehicle seatback or the vehicle headrest and the vehicle seatback or the vehicle headrest has a containing groove which is adapted to the monitor device wherein a protruding strip is formed on top of the containing groove and acts as the rotating axis of the monitor device, the bottom of the monitor device is connected with the protruding strip.
 19. The monitor device of claim 18 further comprising: a pair of 3D glasses.
 20. The monitor device of claim 17 wherein the button zone located at the bottom of the front surface of the housing and the buttons are fixed in the housing.
 21. The monitor device of claim 17 wherein the button zone located in any other part of the housing.
 22. The monitor device of claim 17 wherein the buttons are omitted when the screen has a touch panel functionality.
 23. The monitor device of claim 17 wherein the gloss finish may be anywhere on the visible part of the housing.
 24. The monitor device of claim 17 wherein the screen material is selected from a group consisting of glass, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and any other transparent material.
 25. A method of applying a gloss finish to a device the method comprising: preparing a mold; polishing the mold with gloss finish until the brightness level reaches 12000; using a material of a gloss finish wherein the material is similar to another material with the high gloss resin; and; injecting high gloss resin in the mold.
 26. A method of applying a gloss finish to a device the method comprising: applying a coating to the surface of the device by painting or other manners wherein the thickness of the coating ranges from about 0 to 0.1 mm. 